Monday, January 25, 2010

Free web sites
My old web page http://bill_buchanan.tripod.com has disappeared. I will miss it. It has been with me since at least 2002. In recent years I have moved on to larger sites. Clawz.com proved to be undependable, as the site was up and down like a yoyo. So far byethost.com has proven to be excellent in the 13 months I have used it.
Synching to nFS
At present my big task is using Ancestral Quest 12.1 to synchonize my database with http://new.familysearch.org, which should go public sometime in the next year or two. Why bother? Well, if I die tomorrow, my genealogy will not be lost, even if the interest in genealogy skips a generation, as it often does.
Genealogy software
I few minutes ago I made this posting to Dick Eastman's blog:
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/01/rootsmagic-essentials.html
I am sure that Rootsmagic is a wonderful program, and when I have some extra time I will probably try [the free RootsMagic] Essentials. Right now I am using Ancestral Quest to synchronize my PAF database with new familysearch. Ancestral Quest also has some features that PAF does not, so why do I hold onto PAF?
1. ease of use
2. familiarity, which makes it super fast
3. advanced focus filter of great flexibility
4. unbeatable free support locally and at 1-866-406-1830
5. notes of unlimited size (PAF is my filing cabinet)
6. ease of creating a web site
7. support for multiple languages and scripts
8. ability to run program and data from a flash drive
I note that the lastest RootsMagic now has points 7 & 8.
I have tried to love Legacy, I am trying to enjoy Ancestral Quest, and I am curious about RootsMagic, but in most situations PAF gets my job done easier and faster.
PAF (Personal Ancestral File) is free from http://familysearch.org

5 Comments:

I admire your belief in preserving records and passing it onto the next generation, you are doing ht eright thing in preserving and ensuring continuity.All the best in your work with all the records you have

Be sure to give RootsMagic a try. I have used it for some time.Welcome to the Geneabloggers family. Hope you find the association fruitful; I sure do. I'm fairly new, as well, and have found it most stimulating, especially some of the Daily Themes.

I am totally in agreement with you about paf, I use Ancestry with it too. Because of challenges I have seen as a Support person also, I have not even gone into the area of syncing.Welcome to Geneabloggers.